UFC 160: fighter Salaries

The fighter salaries resulting from Saturday night’s UFC 160 event in Las Vegas have now been revealed and show that defending heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was the biggest earning with $400,000.

Next up was former champ Junior Dos Santos who took home $240,000, while Mark Hunt was also paid a healthy $160,000 salary despite his loss.

They were the only three to earn over $100,000 on this occasion with Mike Kyle next up with $84,000 and Donald Cerrone earning $82,000.

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